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Anticipating Ads, Pataki Says He'll Veto Bill on Contraceptive
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ and AL BAKER
Published: August 1, 2005
Gov. George E. Pataki, anticipating an advertising attack by leaders of the abortion-rights movement in New York, said that he would veto a bill to make the so-called morning-after pill available without a prescription, his office said last night.
Mr. Pataki, who is considering a 2008 presidential bid, was responding to plans by Naral Pro-Choice New York to kick off a nationwide television advertising blitz against him intended to pressure him into backing the bill.
The group's planned blitz stemmed from Mr. Pataki's refusal to say whether he would support the bill approved by the State Legislature that would make the so-called morning after pill, which prevents pregnancy after sex, available to women and girls without a prescription. But when told about the imminent advertising campaign last night, the Pataki administration reacted with surprise and later said the governor would veto the measure.
Kevin C. Quinn, a spokesman for the governor. said in a statement that the governor's main objection was that the bill would not include any provisions that would prevent minors from having access to the drug. In addition, Mr. Quinn said, the governor would be willing to reconsider the measure if the Legislature crafted and passed a new bill that addressed his concerns about the drug's availability to minors, as well as "other flaws."
But that did not satisfy abortion rights activists who were counting on the governor to sign the legislation, who had a difficult time getting Republicans in the State Senate to pass the measure the first time around
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/01/nyregion/01pataki.html
Yes, the country continues to move backward while the rest of the world continues to move forward on issues like this.
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ and AL BAKER
Published: August 1, 2005
Gov. George E. Pataki, anticipating an advertising attack by leaders of the abortion-rights movement in New York, said that he would veto a bill to make the so-called morning-after pill available without a prescription, his office said last night.
Mr. Pataki, who is considering a 2008 presidential bid, was responding to plans by Naral Pro-Choice New York to kick off a nationwide television advertising blitz against him intended to pressure him into backing the bill.
The group's planned blitz stemmed from Mr. Pataki's refusal to say whether he would support the bill approved by the State Legislature that would make the so-called morning after pill, which prevents pregnancy after sex, available to women and girls without a prescription. But when told about the imminent advertising campaign last night, the Pataki administration reacted with surprise and later said the governor would veto the measure.
Kevin C. Quinn, a spokesman for the governor. said in a statement that the governor's main objection was that the bill would not include any provisions that would prevent minors from having access to the drug. In addition, Mr. Quinn said, the governor would be willing to reconsider the measure if the Legislature crafted and passed a new bill that addressed his concerns about the drug's availability to minors, as well as "other flaws."
But that did not satisfy abortion rights activists who were counting on the governor to sign the legislation, who had a difficult time getting Republicans in the State Senate to pass the measure the first time around
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/01/nyregion/01pataki.html
Yes, the country continues to move backward while the rest of the world continues to move forward on issues like this.
